Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging
Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Cases of Adrenoleukodystrophy: Preliminary Experience as a Marker for Early Demyelination?
Jacques F. L. Schneider, Kamil A. Il’yasov, Eugen Boltshauser, Jürgen Hennig and Ernst Martin
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2003, 24 (5) 819-824;
Jacques F. L. Schneider
Kamil A. Il’yasov
Eugen Boltshauser
Jürgen Hennig

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Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Cases of Adrenoleukodystrophy: Preliminary Experience as a Marker for Early Demyelination?
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2003, 24 (5) 819-824;
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